Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-06-17
time to make the application Is between
the m ddle and last OF Nav.

time TO make The application Is between
the m ddle and last Of May.
There are advantages and disadvan-
tages IN filing an orchard In titled
ground. trees are the most vi orous
and thrifty. and it seems to be- in Il
measure necessary to pillow few years
to give the young trees start Yet
even at this period great care is requ T.
ed not to cut the roots with the plow.
/ But when the trees have acquired six
or eight years growth, and the roots
become extended, stu greater precau
ton is necessary, or the injury becomes
serious. IL is not altogether the larger
roots that are so liable to be cut for
these are often below the pillow, but the
innumerable iibres that spread in every
direction, which escape the plowman's
notice, but which are literally the
mouths that convey food 90 the plant.
My practice is, when an orchard is TO
be plowed, to proceed first to dig the
ground specifically with the spade
about the tree, two or three feet in
breadth. and rs many wards engthwisc
of the furrow, so that there shall be
no balk. and to run the plow shallow
near the dug part. And when the
orchard is in grass. to dig circles round
the trees after harvest, both to facili-
tate growth and to prevent injury in
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caution necessary in using the spade
than the pillow, to preserve the roots
entire. 1t is a good practice to cut the
grass close with a hoe, and then to
strew rotten chip dung-if mixed with
"A little lime the better-about the tree.
fear that too many calves are ust
now finding their way to the butchers,
but there are farmers who raise their
own oxen and cows. 1t is for them to
say what the calves they are now rails
ing shall we Oh three years hence. A
large number of them will have to be
fed on skim-m TX, and if they are in
tended to be kept growing il will be
with other kinds of food. And this al J.
ditional food is cheap. Dat or barley
meal is the best. Cook it IN clean wa
ter, and when cold, mix small portion
at first. when the calves are ten DAYS
old. with the milk. and increase it as
they grow older and demand
more. Feed three times IL day. With
this treatment if they are in good
pastures, they viii grow as rapidly As
If running with their mothers. DO not
feed so that when they are done they
are ravenous for more, but give them
as much as they want. and give il to
them at regular stated periods. three
times da>. Flaxseed boiled to ielley
and lit Ic once day put in their food,
is very beneficial. Any farmer can
have this raised on their own farm. but
if he depends on oil-cakc meal it Will be
neglected.. If they are in pasture. have
a shed for them to 90 under in rain or
cold wind. / insist. however, on calves
having pure milk. warm from the I'D
der, for the first ten days. Ii is best
for the calves that il be MIXED and fed
to them. But it is better for the cows
TO have the calves suck for ten days.
One OF the worst backsets in calves is
to let them run with their mothers all
Summer, and then wean them in the
Fall on dry hay or unground era II.
Without special care at this period
they fall oil in flesh, until they are not
as good as the calves fed carefully on
skim milk and meal.
1t has got to be that time of day in
stock raising that good farmer is
ashamed to see about his premises
poor. lean. starved calves. Such things
give the lie to MS profess ons of good
farming or indwelling Chr stanty. 1t
might have been done when they did
not know any better In those days
ii was conteudel that to raise calves
and colts with hardy fare the first w n
ter made them hardy and healthy. Bat
that SenSless theory is exploded High
feeding is becoming more and more
popular a the question : investigated
and experimental. Aud this is .espec-
tally the case with al meat producing
animals. Eerly maturity by careful
keeping is the lesson of wisdom in case
Of hogs and cattle. And in order to do
Tia :. special care must be taken of the
calves and pigs.
Judge Buell. once said that we'll
kept kitchen garden is not an infallible
prof of thrift, when seen near farm
house. it is pretty certain indication
of comfort and good sense. 1t shows
that the owner is well to I've. and in
tends To I've well. so far n his labor
and his lands can conducc a good living.
For it VIII not be denied that the farm